Mundus Magnus 5.5

[ahowl11]

I have decided to continue making Mundus Magnus Versions, focusing on modding factions and units, as well as other things to compliment this great map made by ngr. I am aiming for historical accuracy, while still keeping the vanilla feel.

5.0

Spoiler

Hello,

For those of you who do not know, Mundus Magnus has been one of RTW's most popular mods since 2005. Created by ngr, MM is a map mod for RTW vanilla 1.5/1.6. It expands the vanilla map north to include Scotland, south to include Arabia and Nubia, and east to include the western half of India. It is a great mod for vanilla as the Seleucids are represented better and there are a lot more regions to capture. Other than that, there is nothing new to the original game. Many mods such as XGM and EB have used Mundus Magnus as a base for their map.

About a year ago, Alejandro Magno released MM 4.0. It featured many geographical upgrades to the original mod.

Today I was just digging around and I found the older versions of MM and I thought I should bring it back. It would have included new faction symbols and some new units among other things, but I decided not too, because there were many parts missing and it was for the 1.2v of RTW.

Instead, I have decided to include the Bug Fixer, from player1 which was made around the same time as MM. Together, I believe it should make for the best vanilla RTW experience out there, Enjoy!

Features:

From Mundus Magnus:

Four new resources: Horses, Salt, Fish, and Ivory

From Bug Fixer:
List of fixes for Imperial Campaign


Changes in descr_model_battle.txt file:

-Fixed shoulder armor for Legionary and Praetorian Cavalry (fixed models added)
-Fixed Velite Gladiator shoulder armor
-Fixed the wrong color of Spanish generals by giving them proper texture


Changes in export_descr_unit.txt file:

-Added warcry ability to Thracian Bastarnae, since Mercenary Bastarnae already have it


Changes in export_descr_buildings.txt file:

-Added +1 experience bonus to Greek Cavalry trained in Greek Elite Cavalry Stables, since it makes no sense to build Elite Cavalry Stables just to get Incendiary Pigs
-Made Slingers available from Practice Range in place of Archers for Numidian faction, since otherwise when you get Slingers at Archery Range they are already obsolete
-Made Onagers recruitable by Spaniards in campaign, since they are already available for them in custom battles
-Added law bonus to academy-type buildings like it's done in Barbarian Invasion expansion and was intended in 1.5 patch
-Fixed the bug when Awesome Temple of Epona and Pantheon would show up in building browser for Gauls and Spaniards


Changes in export_descr_ancillaries.txt file:

-Fixed the issue with Numidian and Spanish governors not gaining priests as their retinue members
-Fixed the bug when Judge retinue member could get doubled
-Fixed triggers for gaining Heroic Saviour and Shieldbearer retinue members
-Fixed Roman Turncoat ancillary, so it actually gives command bonus against Romans
-Fixed the trigger for Navigator ancillary, so it can be gained by admirals
-Fixed the trigger for Poisoner ancillary, so it can be gained by assassins


Changes in both export_descr_character_traits.txt and export_VnVs.txt files:

-Parts of Energetic line of traits tweaked, so they won't get worse at higher levels
-To prevent drop in morale bonus when becoming Legendary Hero, this trait gets its morale bonus increased from +2 to +4 (to same level as National Hero) and also gets a +1 bonus to Command when attacking (like same trait in Barbarian Invasion expansion)


Changes in export_descr_character_traits.txt file only:

-Added anti-traits to some traits to prevent weird or impossible combinations
-Several anti-traits that worked in one direction fixed to work in both directions
-Added the workaround for a bug when gaining an anti-trait would reset trait value to 0 (instead of reducing it for value of anti-trait)
-Increased point awards in birth and adoption triggers for traits that need more then one point to get first level of the trait, so it's actually possible to gain those traits at character generation (expect more vices and virtues from new family members)
-Changed crushing victory condition in triggers for GoodRiskyAttacker/Defender line of traits to clear or better, since winning difficult battles with just clear victory is great accomplishment on its own
-Removed the trigger for gaining IndecisiveAttacker group of traits when ending turn in enemy zone of control, since trigger does not work as intended (it can fire even when you can't attack the enemy, or when you are besieging)
-Fixed trigger for Logistical skill, so it can be gained by generals that move a lot
-Smoothtalker changed to be diplomat trait, since its effects deal with bribing
-Fixed trigger for BadTaxman line of traits, so it won't be awarded in situations when tax policy is best as it could be
-Fixed problems with Senate Office triggers, which could result in losing some senate titles
-Implemented new triggers for Warlord, Siege and Ambusher traits from Barbarian Invasion expansion, in order to make it possible to improve these traits in imperial campaign
-Introduced two new birth triggers to make it possible that Intelligent and Genius characters could be born


Other:

-Added hotfix to formation for light cavalry armies, to prevent generals getting placed at same tile as other infantry (descr_formations_ai.txt)
-Added missing unit info card for Spanish Onagers (carthaginian_onagers_info.tga)
-Fixed the bug when some soldiers would die when exiting medium siege towers (descr_engines.txt)
-Fixed the bug when two of senate family members had Greek names and looks (descr_regions.txt)
-Fixed the bug when all Italian provinces spawned rebels of Greek culture (descr_regions.txt)
-Fixed an issue when game would crash at 237BC and several other dates (historic_events.txt)

My own:

-Made Rebels unplayable
-Set Custom Locations so that you can play custom battles without everyone drowning in the ocean
-Made MM mod foldered
-Changed Resolution of Strategy and Battlemaps

Download links:
http://depositfiles.com/files/i2of6iwn4
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/downloads.php?do=file&id=3958

Installation:
-Download and extract the files to your desktop
-Move the MM folder to your RTW folder
-Create a shortcut of your RTW game and name it 'Mundus Magnus'
-Right click the shortcut and in the target line add this after ALL quotations: -show_err mod:MM
-Play!

5.5

Spoiler

Well, I have decided to add on to Mundus Magnus after all. In this version there are many changes, but the vanilla game is not changed a whole lot. In my opinion it was made better!

Features:
-Scipii and Brutii completely removed from campaign
-Julii now hold Ariminum, Arretium, Capua, and Cannae while the Senate holds Rome and still gives out missions
-Diadochi Total War's Wooden walls have been implemented. Credits to Redfox
-Barbarian Buildings from BI have been implemented
-New faction symbols for every faction except for the Romans. They are from Mundus Magnus 2.0
-Egypt is now represented as a Greek faction
-Many units removed from the game, including all fantasy units, most siege units, and the ahistorical Roman units along with others.
-About 48 new units including three new Mercenary units. These are all 'reskinned' units.
-Resef's Combined Animations Pack, which means many units will have better animations.

Download:
http://depositfiles.com/files/jirbrkuic
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/downloads.php?do=file&id=3959

Trouble Shooting:
-If your game crashes when you try to start a campaign, go to your MM/data/world/maps/base folder and delete the 'map.rwm' file. The campaign should work then.
-For some reason when scrolling over the new resource icons, the old resource names appear in the tooltip. If someone knows how to change that let me know.
-About two unit cards are missing (should be fixed soon)
-Some models don't do well with the new animations (will be fixed soon)
-Other little fixes dealing with history

I should be coming out with a patch soon, so please play and see if you notice anything wrong.

If there are any other known issues, please comment.

A note to the public:
I actually have decided to take this mod as far as it can go!




Credits:
ngr for his Mundus Magnus Map
Alejandro Magno for his geographical modding for version 4.0
player1 for his Bug Fixer v3.36 for RTW/BI 1.5/1.6
comrade_general for his recoloring skills and his mod 'The Hellenic States' that I pulled some UI's and textures from
RedFox for the new Wooden Walls from 'Diadochi: Total War'
DimeBagHo for some of his textures and UI's from his 'Extended Greek Mod'
The 'Macedon Expansion' team for some textures and UI's
Resef for his Combined Animations Pack
Rarity for some modelling fixes on some units
The Rise of Empire mod for some textures and UI's
Maraxus for some UI's

If I leave anyone out who offered their services or works please let me know and I will add you!

[comrade_general]

Nice!

[ahowl11]

Thanks! I posted all the UI's up at TWC

[ahowl11]

Is anyone experiencing a CTD when you hit the end turn button for the first time?

[comrade_general]

Version 5.0 worked fine.

[ahowl11]

I know it did, but it was also VERY vanilla. The only thing added to it was the Bug Fixer. I'm guessing the CTD has something to do with names (I changed Egypts names to Greek (ALWAYS gives me fits) but it has always crashed when I try to play a campaign, not during a campaign. However I used the name validator and everything turned out fine. No name problems.

A possibilty is that Egypt, Thrace, or the Britons get a new family member and the bodyguard unit does not match up with the one used in the mod. Those three factions have new sets of bodyguards.
For instance Egypt now has a greek cavalry general, and the game is generating an egyptian chariot general, which might cause a CTD. But an errorless CTD? I'm not sure. If that was the case, I wouldn't know how to fix it.

Another possibility could be that there is something wrong with the EDB. However, I used the Zeus tool and fixed all errors with the EDB. I have added DTW's walls and barbarian buildings from BI. In the building browser, nothing fishy happens, and there are cities who already have DTW's walls from the beginning.

What do you guys think? Has anybody tested for themselves or fished around?

[Jubal]

I can't poke around with it until this essay's done, but I might be able to tomorrow sometime.

[ahowl11]

Please do, it would be a great help!

[ahowl11]

Has anyone be able to test and figure out what might be causing the CTD? I still can't find it.. I might have to redo 5.5 more carefully, but if someone or if I could find the solution, it would take a lot of time off my hands.

[comrade_general]

Not sure when I'll find time to take a look, but I'll try to. 

[ahowl11]

It's okay, I am slowly putting everything together, and testing like crazy.

[ahowl11]

I solved it! The names.txt was causing the CTD, the game works now and is really fun to play. Although there are many things to add before it is completely finished
http://depositfiles.com/files/002zhmdo5

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